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Patti Smith

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The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.


— Patti Smith


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My father's mother was from Liverpool and she had this very beautiful English china. I only wanted to drink my cocoa out of my grandmother's cup and saucer.


— Patti Smith


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My mom loved rock 'n roll. My father hated it. We couldn't play it when he was around.


— Patti Smith


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My mother answers all my fan mail.


— Patti Smith


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No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.


— Patti Smith


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People called me the godmother of punk, but I never name myself anything.


— Patti Smith


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People have the power to redeem the work of fools.


— Patti Smith


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Rock n' roll is dream soup, what's your brand?


— Patti Smith


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Somehow I started introducing writing into my drawings, and after a time, the language took over and I started getting very involved with the handwriting and then the look of the handwriting.


— Patti Smith


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Sure I destroyed my guitar at every concert, but it was okay, because I'd always get a shiny new one the very next day.


— Patti Smith


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Smith has recorded a cover of Buddy Holly's classic "Words of Love" for the CD Rave On Buddy Holly a tribute album tied to Holly's seventy-fifth birthday year which was released June 28 2011. A box set of her work up to that time The Patti Smith Masters came out in 1996 and 2002 saw the release of Land (1975–2002) a two-CD compilation that includes a memorable cover of Prince's "When Doves Cry". In the winter of 2004/2005 Smith toured again with Nader in a series of rallies against the Iraq War and called for the impeachment of George W.

On November 17 2010 Patti Smith won the National Book Award for her memoir Just Kids. Called the "Godmother of Punk" her work was a fusion of rock and poetry.

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